Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoWhat's your favourite non-English cuss word?message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up151arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your favourite non-English cuss word?Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePipster@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 hours agoI love all dutch swearing, as a microbiologist there is something particularly satisfying being able to tell somebody to ‘krijg de tyfus’ or to call somebody a ‘pleurislijer’
minus-squareAkasazh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 hours agoYeah the disease thing is weird and wild. It’s interesting which diseases are ok to swear with and not. Typhoid and cancer are ok, but cerebral palsy or aids aren’t.
I love all dutch swearing, as a microbiologist there is something particularly satisfying being able to tell somebody to ‘krijg de tyfus’ or to call somebody a ‘pleurislijer’
Yeah the disease thing is weird and wild.
It’s interesting which diseases are ok to swear with and not.
Typhoid and cancer are ok, but cerebral palsy or aids aren’t.